Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-19
FHR NEW south.
Things Which Grady Did
Not Tell.
Some Unpleasant Truths
4 climpse BeaeasA she surface-
what a Nsrshsra
vlsissr Saw.


| IAtlanfa Letter in Ohieaeo Timea
Just at this time. while praises Of ths
address Of Henry w. Grady before shs
New EuREand Society are 90 unanimous
IN the North, d0es Il III become North,
erner sriourninR IN the South to mani,
fest any skepticism regarding his sweep
ing asseFtionsf Il Vas very easy and
very comforting. no doubt. for thoss
New York listeners 10 Mr.. 0Fadyas elo.
quent remarks 10 accept thsm all as ab-
solutely true. And that any we're false
the writer will not pretend 70 olaim
1nat The spirit psrvadinR the entire I'D
dress Vas very generous and mOGl
worthy Of . representative Of the new
South il conceded. Bat that the thrill.
Ing speech. delivered By 0ns who spoke
e having authority. aud not &c q mers
scribe, gave she Northern hearers, or Ia
RivinR the Northern readers now fair
idea Of the real conditions Of the South
today, o few ara prepared 20 deny.
When the brighter and softer shades Of
Southern life and the brilliant fore
Rrunna Of present Southern prospaFitiea
are shown constantly by 50 fluent en
orator and gifted writer as MIR. Grady,
there is danger Of many existing caases
for gloom, and some stubborn facts that
confront the Southern educators, hu
manitaFians, and Legislators. being en-
tirely unknown 70 the distant listener
or reader interested 10 Southern sf airs.
There fs also danger on the part Of
Southern people Of ignoring the neces-
sity for many changes, and for peFseveF
ing in efforts 20 reform many existing
wrongs, because Of the waves Of self.
conQFafulation for mnch that the new
south has accomplished which are per-
/ petually set in pleasant motion By the
proud staff Of the Atlanta CoRsfitgtioa,
Who seldom admit that anything needs
10 be done, bat never fail 10 chrenicle
ell thai the South is doing or attempting
to do in improving it's own oondition.
Is not every issue OF that popular paper
the consolidation Of southern sectional
boast fulnessf
How well did Mr.. Grady voice the
prevailing eQ0tism Of the SoutheEn mind
/ regarding its attainmeAts lover the
humble recognition Of q thousand press
ing demands for further effort aud So
| knowledged consciousness of remaining
defeats) when be said In bis address:
1--WE nave planted the schoolhouse on
the hilltop, and made it free to white
and black. We have sowed towns and
cities in the place of theories. and pnt
business abova politics. We have chal
leHged your spinness in Massachusetts
and your iron makers in Pennsylvania.
We have learned that the 81 {, 800. 600
i annually received from our cotton crop
will make ns rich when the supplies
/ that make ID are home raised. We have
reduced the commeEeiul rate Of interest
from "a 10 6 per cent, and are floating
per cent bonds. We have learned that
one Northern immigrant 10 worth hfty
foreigners, and have smoothed the path
TO southwark, wiped out the place where
Mason and Dixon's line used to be, and
hung our latchstrinRs TO you ard yours" /"
| Admitting that all this is true, q daily
perusal of the Constitution, IN which
such statements abound. and search
through its columns, a. through Mr..
Grady's remarkable speech, fails to
suggest that after suob summing up
there is still left world Of wrongs 20
be riqhted in the Eoath, and crying
abuses and forms Of injustice to be
agitated by the prominent newspapers
and the influential orators, If real and
lasting progress is aimed At. II Gsof-
gia, as State. we're 10 be judged BY is
representative pag er, or the at present
moat conspicuous orator WHO edits it, Il
would seem 10 beslways blowing ont its
breath but never drawing it in. The
Ihuuanities in the State wenld seem 10
have reached their foil fruiti0n. On
the contrary, they are juss beginning 70
bud. Aside from all the other evils that
starfle a Northern visitor and show the
necessity for vieilant reformatory labors
on the part Of philanthropists are the
innumerabls forms Of cruelty to ami.
mails, children and the BRtd d, practioed,
but apparently unobserved, sn6 which
instances certainly In q majority
| OF cases 20 nnpunished. And these
oruelties abound more wholly and
shoekineIy In Atlanta than perhaps
| ARy other Southern oity. This state
| meat is not earelessly made. An array
| Of illustrations might be furnished by
the writer, who has been an eye-witness
10 scenes Of callousness IN the midst Of
/ mcst heart-FendinG snfterings OF cru
city where there was no redress fer ths
victim and no iav 10 check she Of
fender, but the details OF whiah need
noa be rscited here. S1ftics it 70 say
that while any Of our Northern papeFl
wonld, II only for the sake Of sensa'
tional items, place reports OF such bar
barities before the people and tnis
though often unintentIonally, Be instru-
menfs Of reform, the Southern papers
and mere especially the Constitution
tso ice more critical readers contend
and justly, tool vonld appear 20 d
afraid to publish ell the truth lest To-
casual Northern reader got false ides
Of ths rev South"
Either . typical Georgian" like MI
Grady does not kno@ the eoior Of rea
prosperity or the texture Of eenuini
humanity among people, or his prId'
| in his native south because Il takea
| sach pride in himselfl blinds kim Il
| ths exietenee Of the defects whieh b.
| could % greatly help to remedy b
mere exposurtG Bat it is true tha
sathe world DOES not love its unmask
ers.r Il dees love those Who feed
eonstantly With sweet words Of praise.
All this may be deemed inopportun
ana unbeoouinaly audAcioss. IN viev o
the present popularity Of the hero Of Il
New England dinzef. But ae 10 .
volamtnously quoted and loudly az
plaudad fmors particularly. too, In hi
own paper, many columns of Whic
!. have recently been devoted 20 peFsona
} praises Of its editoF-a breach Of ESQ
iasse that n0ne Of our Northern paper
! would be gailty of) that one disseniin
voica viii sooa be lost IN the clamofou
hum Of widespread dissatisfaction
. In q CoAsfstsfioafAi) editorial u
modestly stated thai ~the people Of u
whole land have been patiently waitin
for some one % aay preofsaiy What III
GRADY has said" Oatside Of these co
\ amns, and independently - regards th
expression OF sympathetic OF eOutraE
I opinions, q may Be said WITH eqaI
trush and appropriateness that the -
pls Of the whole land are waiting o
tientiy far some one - say precisel
What Gfadf hss not said In bis famez
speenh. He did not intimate that a
Soush uas baraeued With q listles
eadaTsrgas, emaciatsd, nliterate a.
hopelessiy unimprpvAbls class Of %.
whites, Who tnfest every county. tee
, and village, and Who, th0aRh thes I
norsd, are big biot on the states thl
eiain 20 have feaShsd OF 70 Be rapid
apuFosch1ng . solaslon o. AL vexf
probieus Of soeial seiense. Is % ths
3 ana Of verhGl omission ttat impssN ~
distress any theaah3fuf Northern visits
IN the s0ath, VITO sses that the sul
skanee thai should no~ b. didaal
nmaug fhe pe0pie - again. 20 use q